and back with us on set, in washington, kelly o'donnell, michael steele, and sam stein. and up in new york, mark halperin and mike barnicle. sam, if i said the words milly-vanilly and put that together, you wouldn't know what i was talking about, right? >> blame it on the rain. >> that's pretty good. halperin, come on, this is huge! i mean, beyonce -- you're fine with it? it's okay -- >> it's performance, it's just performance. >> she's still singing. >> also, you know what? she looked great, she had a lot of electricity. >> what does that have to do with anything? sing the song! >> here's my question. the marine band said they did not have time to rehearse. and i worked the weekend i was on the hill, kelly clarkson rehearsed, other people rehearsed. i'm a huge beyonce fan, if you're going to sing at the inauguration, how do you not have time to rehearse. >> it's the biggest stage in the world. you've got to put it out there live. it's not a big deal, but i think a lot of people were disappointed that she, in the moment, it wasn't her voice. >> you know, obama was lip sy